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July 12, 2025
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HIV Patients in South Africa Face Uncertainty After Foreign Aid Cuts
Gugu, a 54-year-old former sex worker living in Johannesburg, used to rely on a downtown clinic for her HIV medication. Like many others, she depended on services funded by the U.S. government through its aid agency. But earlier this year, significant funding cuts led to the closure of many such
July 10, 2025
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Planting for the Future: SA Launches One Million Trees Campaign
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has launched an ambitious new campaign encouraging South Africans to plant one million trees in a collective effort to fight climate change and protect biodiversity. Unveiled at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens under the theme “My tree, my oxygen, plant
July 8, 2025
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Heartbreaking Conditions Found in Hijacked Buildings in Johannesburg
Shocking scenes have emerged from hijacked buildings in Johannesburg, where authorities recently carried out a major operation to tackle illegal occupations. The operation took place in Industria West, uncovering not just unlawful residency, but also a suspected illegal blanket manufacturing factory operating in grim conditions. Authorities were met with
July 8, 2025
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PluxNet Concludes Youth Month with Inspiring Development Expo at Hector Peterson Memorial
Johannesburg, 30 June 2025 – In a powerful close to Youth Month, PluxNet hosted a dynamic Youth Development Expo on Saturday, 28 June 2025, at Holy Cross Church, situated at the Hector Peterson Memorial. Themed “Honouring the Past, Empowering the Future,” the event brought together Grade 12 learners, unemployed youth,
June 30, 2025
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Youth Empowerment Summit Ignites Digital Future
The PluxNet Youth Empowerment Summit, held on 28 June at Holy Cross Anglican Church in Orlando West, Johannesburg, brought together young people, industry leaders, and community stakeholders in a powerful conclusion to Youth Month. The summit honoured the legacy of 16 June and the 1976 Soweto Uprising, underscoring how the
June 30, 2025
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MANGAUNG METRO INTEGRATED FORCES MARCH ON OPERATION SHANELA II
The multidisciplinary Operation Shanela II got underway in Mangaung Metro, Free State Province. The intelligence driven operation targeting serious and violent crimes such as Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, murder, house robberies, car jackings and proliferation of illegal drugs and prohibited firearms afflicting communities in identified crime hot spots in
June 29, 2025
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POLICE SEEK PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING MISSING THEMBA GEORGE MALEKA
The South African Police Service in Namahadi is appealing to members of the public for assistance in locating a 33-year-old man who has been reported missing. Mr Themba George Maleka was last seen by his wife on Monday, 23 June 2025, at around 08:00 when he left their home
June 27, 2025
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SUSPECT IN A SPREE OF ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES CASES APPEARS IN THABA NCHU MAGISTRATE COURT
The Station Commander of Selosesha, Colonel Mosiua Jafeta Khotlele, identified a particular trend and pattern during crime analysis on Robbery with aggravating circumstances. The modus operandi prompted a meeting with various community groups in which collaboration between the community and the police was forged to smoke out the suspect.
June 24, 2025
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OPERATION SHANELA: MANGAUNG METRO SPORTS AGAINST CRIME AND YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION
“Building partnerships between the South African Police Service in the Free State and the target publics in order to address crime through different sporting activities” Different proactive crime prevention teams in Mangaung Metro in Bloemfontein embarked on awareness campaigns in a number of police station precincts. The operation Operation Shanela
June 19, 2025
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